He just asks if we will have a 5.7 release while working on the next major in master.
I don't think that we can release the php-next under a years, so I think that an 5.7 could be warranted (to keep up with our roadmap), but depends on wether or not we have enough new (BC-safe) features. I don’t see a reason of why we can’t have this major version ready by or even sooner than the current yearly rhythm we have. In fact, if we do aim to work in parallel on both 5.7 and .NEXT – we’re likely to needlessly delay .NEXT… Zeev